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Re: Gnarlbark the Treant
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Tue, 23 Jul 2002 17:18:29 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> I just thought I'd share with the lugnet community my latest creature MOC.  It
> is a treant I call Gnarlbark.  In case you don't know what a treant is, I'll
> quote from my officially official AD&D Monstrous Manual (which is where I get a
> lot of my creature MOC inspiration).
> 
> "Treants are strangely related to both humans and trees, combining features of
> both species.  Peaceful by nature, treants can cause great damage when roused
> to anger.  They hate evil things and the unrestrained use of fire.  Treants are
> almost indistinguishable from trees.   Their skin is a thick, tectured, brown
> bark.  Their arms are gnarled like branches and their legs fit together when
> standing like a trunk of a tree.   ...   Treants are very intellegent and often
> speak a number of languages including their own, elf, dwarf, common (human),
> and a smattering of just about all other humanoid tongues (at least enough to
> say 'Get out of my trees!')."
> 
> Of course my treant is an adaptation, as my treant lies in 'tree form' when
> sitting on his legs.
> 
> Gnarlbark in Treeform:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/treant/treantsitfront.jpg
> 
> Gnarlbark in Walker form:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/savatheaggie/treant/treantstandfront.jpg
> 
> More pics can be seen here when the folder is moderated:
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=22010
> 
> Comments welcome and appreciated.
> 
> --Anthony
> http://www.ozbricks.com/ikros

A tree man was a good idea. I could see Garalt and CO walking though a
forest and being attacked by one.
Very cool veryy cool indeed.



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  Re: Gnarlbark the Treant
 
(...) Not an original idea, but then again when have any of my ideas been really 'orginal.' Glad you liked it, and thanks for the response! --Anthony (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle)

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I just thought I'd share with the lugnet community my latest creature MOC. It is a treant I call Gnarlbark. In case you don't know what a treant is, I'll quote from my officially official AD&D Monstrous Manual (which is where I get a lot of my (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.general) !! 

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